Page 2A POLIC ARRESTS necklaces valued at $1,050. Robert Edgerton, 28, Kings \ Pine Manor Apt, 612 Charles St., Mountain, civil order for arrest % SpE ie of a Nintendo 64 from Gaston County. ~ valued at $129, two Nintendo 64 Carl E. Wilson, 33, Kings games valued at $100, CD player Mountain, assault on a female. ~ valued at $89, six CDs valued at Ronald Smith, 27, Kings $90, and four silver colored Mountain, driving while licensere- bracelets valued at $50: = voked, expired inspection. Ramada Limited, Kings : Smith Jr, 410 Hill St., three Mountain, reported the theft of a counts worthless check. 25” color TV valued at $400. Fordway Services, Charlotte, re- CITATIONS ported the theft of two bubble gum John Young, 29, Kings Mountain, machines valued at $500, and $150 operating a vehicle while license re- ‘'voked. Marcus Brooks, Kings Mountain, operating a vehicle without having in full force the financial responsi- bility required. INCIDENTS First Charter Bank, Kings Mountain, reported that someone presented a company check for cash without authority. Billy Neal, 919 Grace St., report- ed that someone broke the window of his truck and stole CD player valued at $458, passive EQ for ra- dio valued at , 200 compact discs valued at $1500, and did $100 damage to the passenger side win- dow. Little Dans, 1233 S. Battleground, reported that a customer obtained property by false pretenses by writ- ing a check on an unknown ac- count number. Sithhath Himpraphanh, 301 Ellis St., reported that someone broke the rear window of his vehicle, causing $300 damage. Robert Harris Jr., Cherryville, re- ported that someone broke into his vehicle and stole a stereo valued at $200, amp valued at $170, speakers valued at $300, and two 10K gold in quarters at Food Lion. merican Legion Post 155, Kings Mountain, reported the theft of a li- cense plate sticker from a vehicle in the parking lot. Jennifer Helms, 517 Baker St., re- ported that she was threatened. ~ William Roberts, 135 Goforth Road, reported that he was assault- ed Scott Cloninger, 406 Maner St., reported damage to his mailbox. Crystal Burns, 200 Charles St., re- ported that someone cut her win- dow screen. Beverly Wright, 1300 Shelby Rd., reported the front tires of her vehi- cle were cut, total damage $250. Wynn Crawford, 607 Groves St., reported $150 damage to her glass storm door by someone throwing an unknown object through the door. Food Lion, 1320 Shelby Rd., reported the theft of an un- known quantity of Tylenol and Aleve. Jennifer Goins, Shelby, reported that someone spray-painted and broke the windows in her car and slashed her tires. Damage was $200 to four tires, $300 to four windows, $200 to the front windshield, $100 to the sun roof, $50 to the front Herald/Times park lights, and $1,000 to the paint. Musical Designs, 402 E. King St., reported the theft of a $15 stereo kit face plate. Cald he olet, 615 Broadvie r,, reported that some- one threw small rocks at four vehi- cles, causing $1,400 in damages. WRECKS Vehicles driven by Patricia Jackson of Kings Mountain and Cecil Carver of Bessemer City struck at the Texaco E park- ing lot at 511 Linwood Road. Damage to Carver's car was $500. Vehicles driven by Josie Massey of Shelby and Barbara Coxen of Kings Mountain struck on Phifer Road, causing $2,000 damage to Massey’s car and $3,000 to Coxen'’s car. A car driven by Nancy Brown of Kings Mountain struck a parked car in the parking lot of new Image Hair Salon. Damages were $300 to Brown's vehicle and $500 to the Pi vehicle owned by Ruby urris of Kings Mountain. Vehicles driven by Robin Dorsett of Gaffney, SC, and Kay Hamrick of Plagkabure 5 struck in the park- ing lot of Dollar General, causing $1,000 damage to Dorsett’s car and $3,000 to Hamrick’s. Vehicles driven by Tammy Crisps of Kings Mountain and Andrea Wright of Kings Mountain struck in the walking track parking lot on Branch St., causing $1,000 damage to Griggs’ car and $200 to Wright's. MITCHEM From 1A "I saw something once that. was big and round and had lots of lights onit," Mitchem said. "It might have been a balloon." Modern marvels like TV don't impress Mitchem much. The content of televison pro- gramming causes her much dis- tress. She does have a place in her heart for old-time radio. "There's too much ugly stuff on television for me to watch it. If people read the Bible, they'll see what it all means." said Mitchem. "But I do remember how much fun we used to have listening to the radio." Though Mitchem never held a job in a factory or office, her working life has been helping others. For many years she cooked and did domestic work for several Kings Mountain families. Cooking was always one of her talents. "I like to cook," Mitchem said. "I can cook a little bit of every- thing." Besides cooking, Mitchem has musical talent as well. Playing the tambourine in the Kings Mountain Senior Center band has given her the chance to show off that talent, and do a bit of traveling as well. "Oh, we traveled all over with the band," Mitchem said. "We went down to Wilmington, and Columbia, South Carolina Insurance processed Mastercard / Visa CorpeLL Scorr, II, D.M.D. GENERAL DENTISTRY 106 N. MOUNTAIN STREET, CHERRYVILLE, NC 28021 TELEPHONE: 435-9696 Dedicated to Excellence Now accepting new Exam Patients Office Hours by Appointment L.V. sedation available for apprehensive patients Crown & Bridge Dentures When: Cost: Coordinator of Bereavement Services Hospice of Cleveland County 951 Wendover Heights Drive Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 487-4677 I Name: April 8", 15" 22" and 29" at 7:00 P.M. Where: Kings Mountain Hospital (Board Room) This is a FREE support group and is OPEN to the public. Sponsored by: Kings Mountain Parish Nurse Ministry Hospice of Cleveland County Harris Funeral Home Kings Mountain Ministerial Association Kings Mountain Hospital Cleveland County Health Department/CLECO Facilitators: Rev. Donald Y. Miller, M.Div. | To enroll cut here and mail to the address above. We will contact you with more information. Grief Support Group (A Four Part Series) Do you feel like no one understands? Does life seem unfair? Did you cry today? If you answer “YES” to theses questions we can help. Mrs. Charlotte Craig, RN Parish Nurse Kings Mountain Hospital Kings Mountain, NC (704) 734-1695 I Address: | Phone# Name of Deceased: Date of Death: /___/ | Relationship to deceased: and we went to the mountains too. I saw the biggest tree I be- lieve I ever saw in my life in Wilmington. We ate dinner one night down there on a ship." When asked about the differ- ence between the way the world is today, and the way it was nearly a century ago, Mitchem is quick to answer. "People back then was kinder and took care of one another," Mitchem said. "If one got in trouble, then everyone would help them out. You wasn't scared back then either. At night in summer we kept the doors open and just put a chair in front of it to keep the dog Sout.” Modern day child rearing is another subject that Mitchem has strong opinions on. "The parents these days don't sit their children down often enough for a talk," she said. "Sometimes the kids need a lit- tle spanking too. Most kids nowadays have just got too much stuff." These points and others lead Mitchem to worry about where the world is heading in the next millennium. "If you read the Bible, things that it talks about in the end days are happening right now," she says. "Just look at all the storms and such. Of course, no one but God knows the exact . end day." After nearly a century of liv- ing, Mitchem takes things a bit easier. Helping her is step- daughter Virginia Gordon. A typical day for Mitchem involve Bible reading, looking at maga- zines, and a little bit of walking around the house. Living to be 100 years old is quite a feat. Seeing how young Alma Mitchem looks for her age, and how quick her wit still functions is even more impres- sive. Anyone with thoughts of following in those footsteps might heed one last bit of her advice to "get work and plenty of it." March 25, 1999 * For the Linville Manor seniors; Traywick’s shearing demonstration brought back memories of farm days long ago. “I think he’s great,” said 70-something Leroy Mayes. “I grew up on a farm and we had lots of ~ animals, but I don’t think I would like to try to clip that big ram.” Droves of students, moms, and dads from the Hedge Farm for a wooly day. “I've never seen anything like this before,” said six-year-old Lydia Eaker. “I like the way the wool feels, but it must be a hard job to get it.” Eleven-year-old Samuel Mills thought the sheep shearing process was “pretty neat.” Home school mothers were also keen on the Blackberry Hedge Farm experience. “We try to have field trips as often as possible,” said Libby Eaker. “This trip was especially good into yarn and cloth. It’s not only a neat art form, it exposes the kids to agriculture.” visitors how to wash, spin, and then weave the wool : into cloth. As she wove her spell, Richard gave the vi seniors present a look back at what life was like when they were young, and also showed the ed Blackberry Hedge Farm owner Jeff Brendle shows visitors one of his new lambs. Brendle's farm I was the site of the second annual Sheep and Wool Field Day recently. | , } Taking the raw wool that Traywick and Jeff \ SHEEP Brendle had buzzed off “Rambunctious” and some j From 1A of his pals, textile artist Gail Richard showed the ] youngsters gathered around what their elders knew as everyday life. they are made.” 5179. Watching the visitors to his farm enjoy their =~ ie afternoon, Jeff Brendle reflected on how the idea of a sheep and wool field day got began. “Several parents of school age children knew my Shelby Home School Co-op also came to Blackberry wife Jane and I had sheep,” said Brendle. “They called about visiting, so we just decided to do make a special day of it. It's good that people get to see where agricultural products come from and how Eager to spread the word on agriculture in Cleveland County, Greg Traywick and Jeff and Jane Brendle are happy to answer questions on sheep raising as well as a number of other farm-related inquiries. The Brendle’s Blackberry Hedge Farm is located at 511 Long Branch'Road, between Kings since it shows the children how raw wool is turned Mountain and Shelby. Greg Traywick can be reached at 482-4365, and the Brendle’s phone number is 739- CEREMONY From 1A Bobby Hussey was 65-7 in three years as KMHS basketball coach, leading the 1968 team to a 25-1 record and the 1970 team to a 23-1 mark. While at KMHS he turned out college stars Ken Mitchem, George Adams, Otis Cole and Charles Barnes. © He also coached the “=! Mountaineer baseball team from 1967-70, leading the 1967 team to the Southwestern Conference title and the 1969 team to the Western N.C. High Schools Activities Association championship. Since leaving Kings Mountain Hussey has coached on the college level at Appalachian, Belmont Abbey, Davidson, Clemson and Virginia Tech. His Virginia Tech team handed him his 300th ca- reer victory earlier this year. Bryan Jones was Kings Mountain's first state 3A high school tennis champion. He lost only one singles match in three years with the Mountaineers, won three SWC Player of the Year Awards and was State Player of the Year and High School All-American his junior season when he won the state championship. He played four years at the University of North Carolina, where he was All-ACC, ACC Rookie of the Year, ACC cham- pion and MVP, and All- American. He played briefly on the pro circuit before returning to North Carolina to work in pharmaceutical sales. Easter cantata set at Church of Christ The Easter Cantata “No Greater Love” by John W. Peterson will be presented by the choirs of First Baptist Church of Dallas and First Congregational United Church of Christ Kings Mountain, on Sunday, March 28 at 3 p.m. at First Congregational UCC, and Friday, April 2 at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Dallas. The public is invited. Revival March 28-31 at East KM Church Revival will be held March 28-31 at East Kings Mountain Church of God, Highway 161 across from WKMT Radio. Evangelist is Allen Taylor. Services are at 11 a.m. and 6 CORWIN From 1A Pulling together like a family, the students and staff at Kings Mountain High began making and preparing memorials. "The students made note- books where they wrote memo- rials and signed their names," said Principal Phil Weathers. "The also took up donations to help the family and to purchase flowers. The students raised $450 in just one day. Other. plans include planting a tree in Clayton's memory." Parent Teresa Thompson, whose son Joshua Humphries had worked with Clayton at Arnolds Holiday Store LIQUIDATION SALE Store will CLOSE 4-16-99 ARNOLDY Jewelry er Gift Gallery 226 S. Washington St., Shelby « 487-4521 McDonald's, was organizing plans to have a highway memo- rial erected at the accident site. The sense of community that binds everyone at Kings Mountain High School was felt even more strongly during this time of tragedy. "The student body really came together over this," Weathers said. Everyone has had a hard time dealing with it. It has not been a normal school day." As the flags in front of Kings Mountain High School fluttered at half-staff, the irony of a young life cut short just as the new life of spring was bloom- ing made Clayton's passing all the more poignant. p-m. Sunday and 7 p.m. week- days. . The public is invited. First Baptist Choir to give Easter concert The Sanctuary Choir of Kings . Mountain'’s First Baptist Church will give its Holy Week presen- tation Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Church Worship Center. The sacred concert uses mu- sic and narration to recreate the Savior’s sacrifice. The narration will be presented by the pastor, ~ Dr. John W. Sloan, and his wife, Martha Sloan. Accompanists will be Michael Sisk, organist, and Traci Eaves, pianist. Morris Jordan, minister of music, will direct the pro- gram. The CH Published every Thursday Periodicals postage at Shelby, NC 28150 USPS 118-880 by Republic Newspapers, Inc. Postmaster, send address changes to: P. O. Box 769, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Phone (704) 481-8202 e Fax (704) 739-0611 : Office: 824-1 East King Street ® Kings Mountain, NC 28086 aT To. 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